Guest GTiR Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 soz dont know much about german cars but im looking at a vr6 this week but ive driven them before and the handlings a bit soft whats the best set of springs to put on just to stiffen it up a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GTiR Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 and whats the standard power 175 or 190 bhp. Link to post Share on other sites
Petesvw 0 Posted April 1, 2006 Report Share Posted April 1, 2006 174 on the 2.8 and 190 odd on the 2.9! Link to post Share on other sites
DeathBoB 0 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 I thought it was 172 for early ODB1 cars and 185 for later OBD2 cars. Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 i thought it was 174 on early and 190 on late, just to be picky!Most people on here seem to use Fk coilovers which im looking into becuise im finding mine too soft. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest GTiR Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 so is the later 1s a 2.9 and early 1s a 2.8 and what year do they change? Link to post Share on other sites
dellert 0 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Golf are all 2.8 unless rebored, Corrados are all 2.9 also unless rebored. ODB1 or ODB2 doesnt make any difference to power output, according to VW, but rumour has it there is a bit more poke to an ODB2, but on ODB1 you can make this up by fitting an enlarged Throttle body, pinched off a 2.9 Corrado. Not an expert but thats what i gather from this forum. Do a search on ODB. Link to post Share on other sites
dellert 0 Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 PS: Like the NOT IMPREZZED!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
matth76 1 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 The earlier golfs are called OBD1 ("on board diagnostics") which refers to the ECU. Later golf vr's from mid '95 onwards are OBD2. Earlier golfs put out 174bhp standard and OBD2 put out ~185-190bhp (although there are no official figures for some reason) - but the OBD2 has a bigger throttle body, inlet manifold and self learning ECU. Both OBD1 and OBD2 are 2.8 litre. Only the corrado's came in 2.9 litres but all of those were OBD1 and also had 190bhp. Link to post Share on other sites
silverline 0 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 the only difference between the 2.8 and 2.9 is bore and stroke.my obd1 golf vr6 made 184bhp stock, they usually seem to make slightly more power then vw figures.as for springs i ve just put a set of -30mm on that has made it look a whole lot better and stiffened it up slightly as well Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 [blockquote]Only the corrado's came in 2.9 litres [/blockquote]The VR6 syncro came with 2.9, its a 4wd version only made in germany its. 8) Link to post Share on other sites
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